Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
Simone Weil Quote – “If we turn our minds towards the good…”
If we turn our minds towards the good, it is impossible that little by little the whole soul will not be attracted thereto in spite of itself. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Simone Weil Quote – “Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
William Shakespeare Quote: “If circumstances lead me, I will find where truth is hid…”
If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “To expostulate what majesty should be, what duty is…”
To expostulate what majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Everyone thinks of changing the world…”
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Samuel Johnson Quote – “Let observation with extensive view survey mankind…”
Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life; Then say how hope and fear, desire and hate, O’erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wav’ring man, betray’d by vent’rous pride To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treach’rous […]
Simone Weil Quote – “Attention, taken to its highest degree…”
Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Simone Weil Quote – “The most commonplace truth…”
The most commonplace truth when it floods the whole soul, is like a revelation. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Simone Weil Quote – “We do not have to understand new things…”
We do not have to understand new things, but by dint of patience, effort and method to come to understand with our whole self the truths which are evident. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)